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(IV) Elizabeth Lowell Stoddard, daughter of Eugene Bonaparte Stoddard (3), was born in Boston, January 22, 1867. She attended the public schools in her native city and the Dorchester high school. She went to Somer- ville with her family in 1884. From 1895 to 1899 her home was in Charlestown. Since 1899 she has resided in Somerville. She married at West Somerville, July 21, 1894, John Gilman Anthoine. (See sketch of An- ii-15
thoine family.) Mrs. Anthoine is a member of the local lodge of Daughters of Rebekah. Before her marriage she was bookkeeper for her father who was engaged in the hardware business on Washington street, Boston. She has devoted her attention in later years en- tirely to music. For three years she was pian- ist for the Cushing Concert Company which toured New England three years. She was also with the Cambridge Young Men's Chris- tian Association orchestra. She played for the classes of Mr. Anthoine in 1892. She is a member and attends the meetings of the American National Association of Masters of Dancing of the United States and Canada. (See sketch of Anthoine family).
CRANE Henry Crane, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1621. He is believed to be the son of Samuel Crane, who was at Mount Wallaston (Braintree) in 1639 and was select- man of Braintree in 1640 on the same board with Stephen Kinsley, who in 1654 was liv- ing at Dorchester on a farm adoining the homesteads of his two sons-in-law, Henry Crane and Anthony Gulliver. Elizabeth Crane, perhaps wife of Samuel, was a mem- ber of the Dorchester church in 1641. It may be assumed that from 1641 to 1654 Henry Crane was living in Dorchester with his par- ents or relatives. He bought a farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Dorchester, September, 1654, or earlier, and a road was laid out to his house over Milton hill from Braintree to Roxbury through Dorchester on that date. The road was to the southwest of his house and followed the "old beaten waye." This house was on what is now Adams street on the north side at East Milton at the rear and between the houses of William Q. Dex- ter and E. B. Andrews. The Pierce house was built in front of it. That section has been known as Crane's Plain. He was an iron worker by trade and was part owner of the iron works. When the general court prohib- ited the holding of Indians as servants or slaves, he had a man, woman and child in his service, and autograph letter from him to the general court is to be seen in the state ar- chives, (Vol. 30, page 239) in reply to an or- der for him to send away the three Indians. It is well phrased and written, asking for more time to carry out the will of the court. The births of his first two children are not re- corded at Dorchester. He was a farmer most of his life. In 1683 he bought land of
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Moses Payn, inn holder, of South Boston, and bought and sold various other lots of land. He was a prominent citizen of Milton, selectman in 1679-80-81, and one of the com- mittee in charge of the meeting house.
He married (first), 1655, Tabitha Kinsley, daughter of Stephen Kinsley. She died in 1681 and he married (second), 1683, Eliza- beth - . He died March 21, 1709, at Mil- ton. Children: 1. Benjamin, born 1656, was at the age of eighteen in Captain Johnson's company in King Philip's war and was wounded at the Narragansett Swamp, De- cember 19, 1775. 2. Stephen, born 1657, mentioned below. 3. Henry, Jr. 4. John, born at Dorchester, January 30, 1658-59, married, December 13, 1686, Hannah Leon- ard; resided at Taunton. 5. Elizabeth, born August 14, 1663, married (first), at Milton, May 23, 1682, -; (second) Eleazer Gil- bert, of Taunton; she died March 29, 1701. 6. Ebenezer, born August 6, 1665, married, No- vember 13, 1689, Mary Tolman, daughter of Thomas, Jr. and Elizabeth Tolman, of Dor- chester, granddaughter of Thomas, the im- migrant. Ebenezer was in the ill-starred Phipps' Expedition in 1690, and was one of twenty-nine survivors of the company of sev- enty-five who went from Milton, and for his services his heirs enjoyed a grant of land at Dorchester. Canada, Worcester county. 7. Mary, born November 22, 1666, married, March 28, 1690, Samuel Hackett, of Taun- ton. 8. Mercy, born January 1, 1668. 9. Samuel, born June 8, 1669, died September 14, 1669. TO. Anna, born about 1670, re- sided at Taunton.
(II) Stephen Crane, son of Henry Crane (I), was born about 1657, at Dorchester, now Milton, Massachusetts. He was a farmer at Milton. He married (first), July 2, 1676, Mary Denison, who was born 1660, and died June 17, 1721. He married (second), Au- gust 13. 1723. Comfort Belcher, widow of Samuel Belcher, of Braintree, Massachusetts. His widow Comfort died at Milton, Decem- ber 21, 1745. Children, born at Milton: I. Mary, born July, 1680. 2. Tabitha, born Oc- tober 7, 1682, died November 13, 1682. 3. Elizabeth, born March 14, 1684, married, January 15, 1718, Samuel Fuller. 4. Samuel, born May 23, 1687. 5. Zerviah, born No- vember 30, 1690. 6. Benjamin, born Decem- ber 17, 1692, mentioned below.
(III) Benjamin Crane, son of Stephen Crane (2), was born at Milton, December 17, 1692. He married Abigail Houghton. His house at Milton was known later as the Eli-
jah Hunt place. Hunt married Rachel Crane. Benjamin was one of the petitioners with Na- thaniel and Ebenezer Houghton and Ebenez- er Tucker to have their farms annexed to Braintree. Only two acres of Crane's farm were in Milton in which his house was lo- cated. The act was passed in 1754. Crane was appointed keeper of the work-house De- cember 12, 1754. Children, born at Milton: I. Joseph, February 28, 1724. 2. Mary, Jan- uary 23, 1727. 3. Benjamin, Jr., June 4, 1728, mentioned below. 4. Abigail, August 16, 1729. 5. Amariah, March 1, 1731. 6. Seth, July 22, 1732. 7. Stephen, May 19, 1734, ancestor of United States Senator Win- throp Murray Crane, through his son Zenas Crane, who learned the trade of paper maker at Milton, and established the industry at Dalton, Massachusetts. 8. Abijah, August II, 1736, died July 4, 1737.
(IV) Benjamin Crane, Jr., son of Benjamin Crane (3), was born in Milton, June 4, 1728. He settled in the adjoining town of Dedham. He married, December 27, 1750, at Milton, Patience Vose of that town. She was received into the church at Dedham, April 24, 1757. Children, all born and baptized at Dedham: I. John, born May 21, baptized May 27, 1753, colonel in Continental army. 2. Benjamin, born August 31, 1755, baptized September 17. 3. Prudence, baptized December 4, 1757, died February 14, 1766, aged eight. 4. Abijah, born March 20, 1761, baptized March 22, men- tioned below. 5. Reuben, born December 27, 1763, baptized January 1, 1764; died February 14, 1766, aged two years and a half. 6. Reu- ben, born November 30, 1768 (birth record reads Abijah by mistake in town records, bap- tism correct) ; baptized January 22, 1769. 7. Prudence, baptized February 17, 177I. 8. Patience, born May 2, baptized May 4, 1776.
(V) Abijah Crane, son of Benjamin Crane, Jr. (4), was born at Dedham, Massachusetts, March 20, 1761, and baptized in the Dedham church two days later. He enlisted in the Continental army in June, 1776, and marched to Charlestown. He was then less than six- teen years of age. He remained in the service during the whole Revolutionary war. In 1776 he was in Captain Timothy Stow's company, Colonel Ephraim Wheelock's regiment at Ticonderoga in 1776. He was in Captain John Spurr's company, Colonel Thomas Nix- on's regiment, discharged February 5, 1780, enlisting again and was discharged December 25, 1780. Altogether he served seven years, it is said. He married, at Dedham, December 16. 1785, Rachel Talbot, who was born either
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in 1759 or 1761, died November, 1807. He married (second) Polly Packard. He resided at Kingston, Massachusetts, then settled in Maine. The children were by the first wife: Reuben, Jotham, Sally, and Abijah, Jr., men- tioned below.
(VI) Abjah Crane, Jr., son of Abijah Crane (5), was born April 5, 1793, at Win- throp, Maine, and died February 29, 1884, at the age of ninety-one years. He married, in 1822, Harriet Fifield, who was born in Fay- ette, Maine, July 20, 1801, and died there, August 20, 1894, at the age of ninety-three years. They settled in Fayette, Maine, where he was a farmer. Children: I. Theresa, born July 13, 1824. 2. David F., February 25, 1828, mentioned below. 3. Abijah Robinson, Febru- ary 2, 1831, mentioned below. 4. Lucy H., June 5, 1833. 5. Mehitable A., February 25, 1839. 6. Charles H., May 8, 1843, mentioned below. 7. William H. H., May 6, 1845. 8. Howard, died in infancy. 9. Ruhamah, died in infancy.
(VII) David . F. Crane, son of Abijah Crane (6), was born in Fayette, Maine, Feb- ruary 25, 1828. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town and at Kents Hill Seminary, where he was graduated in 1851, entering Waterville College from which he was graduated in 1855 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts. Three years later he received the degree of Master of Arts from his alma mater. During his college course he taught school between terms and was assistant principal of the schools at Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, one year after graduation. In 1856 he began the study of law in the office of Hon. William Pitt Fessenden at Portland, Maine, and a year later was admitted to the bar in that city. He was active in support of the government during the Civil war, and was president of the Boston Union League. In politics he is a Republican. He resides at 61 Pearl street, Somerville. He married, June, 1858, Caroline A. Saben, daughter of Benedict and Hannah (Twitchell) Saben, of Winches- ter, New Hampshire; she died August, 1902. Children : Minnie S. and Hattie A. They re- side with their father.
(VII) Rev. Abijah Robinson Crane, son of Abijah Crane (6), was born at Fayette, Maine, February 2, 1831. He attended the public schools of Fayette and prepared for college at Kents Hill Academy, graduating there in 1852 and from Waterville College in 1855. In 1858 he received the degree of Master of Arts. He taught school while in college, then a general custom on the part of students who wished to
earn something. After graduation he taught one year at Corinth, Maine. He entered the Theological Seminary at Newton, Massachu- sett, in 1858 and graduated in 1861. He was ordained and settled as pastor of the Baptist church of Hallowell, Maine, where he offici- ated for fifteen years. He was at East Win- throp as pastor of the Baptist church for the next fifteen years. For many years he was connected with Hebron Academy, preparing for Colby College, and is at present teaching in his fifteenth year in the pastorate of the Baptist church at Hebron, Maine. He mar- ried Frances Herrick. Their only child, Fan- nie, married Albion H. Brainard, now (1907) the principal of the Gardner high school, Gard- ner, Massachusetts.
(VII) Charles H. Crane, son of Abijah Crane (6), was born at Fayette, May 8, 1843, and died October 22, 1904. He was brought up on the farm at Fayette and attended the public schools there. He graduated from the high school and from Kents Hill Academy, and afterward for a short time was a teacher in the public schools of Levant, Maine, and of his native town. He resigned to enter the Union army during the Civil war and enlisted at Augusta, Maine, in the Twenty-ninth Maine Volunteer Regiment. At the battle of Win- chester he was struck by a bullet, but the force of the missile was taken by a heavy blanket that he was carrying, thus escaping a fatal wound. He was in the service three years. He was appointed corporal April 8, 1864, sergeant September 13, 1864, and stew- ard September 16, 1865. In 1867 he began to learn the business
of a pharmacist
and druggist in Boston in
the store of Dr. Knight. He graduated from the Boston School of Pharmacy. In 1867 he started in business for himself in the store on the corner of Pearl and Myrtle streets, and later corner of Perkins and Franklin streets, Somerville. He was eminently suc- cessful in business and stood high among the business men of the city. He was especially active in town affairs and political matters. He was an active and useful Republican. In the city government he was for three years an efficient member of the board of health. In 1893 and again in 1894 he represented his dis- trict in the general court, serving on important committees and making an excellent record as a legislator. He was one of the leaders in the movement to abolish Fast Day and establish in its place Patriots' Day on the anniversary of the battle of Lexington. He was a promi- nent Free Mason, a member of Soley Lodge of
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which he was master, and was eminent com- mander of De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar. He was also a member of the Cen- tral Club and Webcowit Club of Somerville. He was a man of sterling character, of varied ability and attractive personality. He enjoyed the acquaintance of many friends and wherever he was known he was respected and esteemed.
He married, October 7, 1869, Mary E. T. Noble, born at Somerville, October 25, 1850, and educated in the public schools there and in Miss Badger's private boarding school at Charlestown. She was the daughter of John H. and Sarah (Rumrill) Noble and grand- daughter of John and Pamelia (Sellars) Noble. John Noble was born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 24, 1776, and his wife Pamelia Sellars, March 18, 1791. Their children : i. Pamelia, born August 13, 1810; ii. Mary Fernald, October 28, 1811; iii. John H., mentioned below; iv. Elizabeth Cate, July 25, 1814; v. George Loring, July 15, 1816; vi. Lucy Ladd, June 10, 1818.
John Harrison Noble, born at Somersworth, New Hampshire, March 31, 1813, died April 4, 1871. Married Sarah Rumrill, who was born at Boston, October 6, 1816, and died April 5, 1858. Their children : i. John Harri- son, Jr., born September 29, 1844; ii. Sarah E. S., June 12, 1846; iii. James C., March 19, 1848. iv. Mary E. T., October 25, 1850, mar- ried Charles H. Crane, mentioned above; v. John Harrison, Jr., May 23, 1852. vi. George Arthur, March 31, 1856.
The children of Charles H. and Mary E. T. Crane : I. Mettie May, born January 4, 1871, at Somerville, died December 2, 1872. 2. Lena Noble, born at Somerville, January 8, 1877, graduate of the public and high schools, grad- uating in 1895, at present living with her mother. 3. Harry Howard, born at Somer- ville, April 8, 1881, died September 23, 1883. 4. Adele Elizabeth, born at Somerville, De- cember 4, 1887, graduated from the grammar schools of that city in 1902, later attended the high school and continued her studies at home ; she lives with her mother.
TURNER John Henry Turner, of an an- cient English family, was born at Camberwell, now within the limits of London, England, about 1809. He was educated in his native place, and was in- terested at various times in many different trades and kinds of business. He was the proprietor of a stage line from Camberwell to London, and was also the owner and keep-
er of one of the historic old inns of London. He removed to Montreal, Canada, in 1832, where he died in 1871. His wife died 1886. He married in 1831, Mary Ann Hicks, of London, daughter of William and Mary Ann Hicks. They had eight children, born in Canada, of whom four are living: I. John Henry, Jr., mentioned below. 2. George Frederick. 3. Matilda. 4. Amelia, wife of Alfred Sackville West Andrews.
(II) John Henry Turner Jr., son of John Henry Turner (I), was born December 15, 1835, at Montreal, Canada, where he was ed- ucated in the common schools and at Ste. Therese College, which he attended for two years. He was then employed for a number of years as clerk in various mercantile estab- lishments, and learned the printer's trade. After working in printing offices in Montreal two years, he removed to New York City and followed his trade there for two years. He then became a traveler in the printing busi- ness through the southern and western states. In 1859 he and several partners engaged in the printing business in Hartford, Connecti- cut. When the civil war broke out the firm was dissolved and Mr. Turner made his home in Groton, Massachusetts. He entered the celebrated printing concern known as the University Press at Cambridge, and worked there for a time, then was associated with his father-in-law, George H. Brown, of Groton, a well known printer. In June, 1865, Mr. Turner started a printing business on his own account, establishing the. newspaper, The Groton Public Spirit, in 1868. He has at the present time a flourishing printing business with an office on .West street, Ayer, Massa- chusetts, where the paper known as Turner's Public Spirit is published. He also publishes several papers for the surrounding towns. In politics he is independent. He is a Free Ma- son and a member of the Protestant Episco- pal Church. He is a useful and honored cit- izen of Ayer, standing well in the business community and having the esteem of all his townsmen.
He married, September, 1861, Helen Mit- chell Brown, born January 2, 1841, at Bridge- water, daughter of George Henry Brown, of Bridgewater, a printer and publisher, pro- prietor of the Amaranth magazine. George Henry Brown married Harriet Porter, of Sterling, daughter of John Porter. The Brown family was from Bridgewater. Chil- dren of John Henry and Helen Mitchell (Brown) Turner: I. Huntley Sigourney, born June 12, 1863; book and job printer at
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Ayer; married Gertrude Priest, of Sterling, Massachusetts. 2. George Henry Brown, born April 10, 1868; a printer; married Mabel Estelle Lougee Haward; one child, John Henry Turner. 3. Harriet Porter Hicks, born May 11, 1873; married Melville Llewel- lyn Savage, and has two children: Llewellyn Turner Savage, and Helen Sigourney Sav- age.
DERBY John Derby, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England of an ancient and distinguished family. Roger Derby, who is from all ac- counts a. brother, came from Topsham, De- vonshire, England, about the same time, landed at Boston, July 18, 1671, and settled in Salem. Topsham was the home of sea- faring men. Both Derbys followed fishing at their new home at Marblehead and Salem. John Derby or Darby, as the name was often spelled, was a fisherman at Marblehead in 1677, and owned a cottage and house lot in that town. He married Alice -. Children, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. I. Alice, born October 12, 1679. 2. John, born Octo- ber 8, 1681, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born September 29, 1683. 4. Joseph, baptized Oc- tober 18, 1685.
(II) John Derby, son of John Derby (I), was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 8, 1681, and died at Concord, Massa- chusetts, March 7, 1753. He was brought up in Marblehead and learned the trade of weaver. He settled in Beverly, Massachu- setts; removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts, about 1720 and to Concord in 1731. He mar- ried Deborah Conant, daughter of Roger Conant, descendant of Governor Roger Co- nant. John Derby's will is dated in 1747. Children, all born in Beverly: I. John, born December 27, 1704. 2. Andrew, born Jan- uary 26, 1706-07, settled in Concord; in 1733 removed to Acton, thence to Westminster, Massachusetts, and became a prominent citi- zen, selectman, assessor, constable, etc .; mar- ried Elizabeth Patch. 3. Benjamin, born March 12, 1710-II. 4. Mary, born 1711, bap- tized March 18, 17II. 5. Ebenezer, born No- vember 23, 1712, settled in Westminster; sol- dier in Captain Ballard's company in French war; located finally in York, Maine. 6. De- borah, born April 8, 1714. 7. Benjamin, born November 28, 1715. 8. Joseph, born June 10, 1718, mentioned below. 9. Mary, born June 12, 1720.
(III) Joseph Derby, son of John Derby
(2), was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, June 10, 1718, and died in Concord, Massa- chusetts, October, 1793, aged seventy-six years. He went to Concord with his parents and settled when a young man on the home- stead that is still in the ownership and occu- pancy of his descendants at Concord Junc- tion. He married at Concord, January 14, 1745-46, Silence Hubbard, who died at Con- cord, March 29, 1806, aged eighty years. Children, born at Concord: I. Lois, born October 16, 1746. 2. Joseph, born March 15, 1749, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born June 24, 1751. 4. Sarah, born April 10, 1754. 5. Samuel, born September 6, 1757, soldier in Revolution, settled in Nelson, New Hamp- shire. 6. Peter, soldier in the Revolution, settled in Reading, Vermont. 7. Lucy, born October 16, 1762.
(IV) Joseph Derby, son of Joseph Derby (3), was born March 15, 1749, at Concord, and died there February 21, 1825, aged, ac- cording to his gravestone, seventy-six years. He had the homestead now occupied by his descendants, and in 1794 built the old house now standing on the farm. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Simon Hunt's company, Colonel Eleazer Brook's regiment and was at the battle of Ticonderoga in 1776; was also in Captain David Wheeler's com- pany, Colonel Nixon's regiment, in 1776. He married Rebecca Clark, daughter of Benja- min Clark. His wife died February 16, 1825, aged seventy-four (gravestone). Their deaths were but five days apart. Children, born in Concord: I. Rebecca, born October 26,
1778, married Joshua Brown. 2. Sally, born August 29, 1780, married Israel Putnam Brown, and removed to Plymouth, Vermont. 3. Patty, born July 15, 1782, died October II, 1783. 4. Polly, born October 24, 1784. 5. Joseph, born January 27, 1788, mentioned below.
(V) Joseph Derby, son of Joseph Derby (4), was born in Concord, January 27, 1788. He had a common school education, and was brought up as a farmer on the homestead at Concord Junction. Being the only son he inherited the farm of his father. He be- came a prominent citizen and filled many positions of trust and honor. During the war of 1812 he was sergeant in the Concord Light Infantry, and was on duty for six weeks at South Boston during one of the alarms. He retained his connection with the state militia many years, and was a man of soldierly qualities. During the construction of the Fitchburg Railroad. which ran near the
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old homestead at Concord Junction, he had four ox-teams at work for the contractors for a year or more. He was selectman of the town several years. He was naturally a skill- ful mechanic, and had a shop on the farm in which he manufactured various article's. He was a faithful member and constant attend- ant of the Unitarian church, Concord. He died in 1874 at the age of eighty-six. He married, December 16, 1819, Patty (Martha) Clark, daughter of Benjamin Clark, his moth- er's brother. Patty lived before her marriage in the same house in which Rebecca (Clark) Derby, her aunt, had lived. Patty died at the great age of ninety-six years. Children, born in Concord: I. Joseph, born December I, 1820, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, born September 24, 1822, mentioned below. 3. Nathan, born August 27, 1824, was a butch- er at Concord Village; was second lieutenant Company G, Fifth Regiment, in Civil war. 4. Henry, born August 7, 1826, mentioned be- low. 5. Edward, born September 12, 1829, resided on the homestead, unmarried. 6. Martha Rebecca, born April 2, 1832, mar- ried Joshua P. Converse, of Woburn; died soon afterward. 7. Urbane, born July 13, 1834, mentioned below.
(VI) Joseph Derby, son of Joseph Derby (5), was born in Concord, December 1, 1820. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He attended market for his father until twenty-two years old, and then worked on a farm in Concord village for a year. He engaged in the business of butcher and provision dealer in Concord, and after some years sold it to his brother, Nathan Derby, and engaged in the carpet trade in Bos- ton, and after some years of successful busi- ness removed to his present home in Concord. The house in which he lives on Liberty street is that in which Major John Buttrick lived at the time of the battle of Lexington (See sketch of the Buttrick family of Concord in this work) : it was built in 1712 and is still in ex- cellent condition, always having been in the hands of careful owners. It is one of the most interesting houses of the historic town of Con- cord and attracts many or the visitors of the town.
Mr. Derby enlisted in the Civil war in Com- pany G, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment of Vol- unteers, and was commissioned first lieutenant. His father, as stated above, was in the war of 1812, his grandfather in the Revolution. Lieu- tenant Derby was a popular and efficient offi- cer, the men of his company appreciating his sterling qualities, his personal courage and his
thoughtfulness and consideration of his men. The commissary department of his regiment became intolerable, and the colonel of the regi- ment assigned Lieutenant Derby to effect a reformation. Being a butcher by trade his experience stood him in good stead, and he won the commendation and praise of his su- perior officers as well as of the men for the improvement in their food. He attends the Unitarian church, and is a Republican in poli- tics.
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